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After Biden signed Social Security changes, Alaska’s delegation is pleading with Trump to actually implement it

Economy Matt Acuña Buxton -
One of the final bills former President Joe Biden signed while in office was a long-awaited fix to boost the Social Security benefits of 15,000 public sector workers in Alaska.
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The last skipper in Ouzinkie: How Gulf of Alaska villages lost their Native fishing fleets

Economy Nathaniel Herz, Northern Journal -
A permitting system designed in the 1970s was supposed to make Alaska’s commercial fishing industry more sustainable and more profitable. But over the last 50 years, it has hollowed out many Indigenous coastal villages where residents no longer can earn a living by harvesting salmon.
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Nearly 1,200 jobs in Alaska could be eliminated as Trump targets new hires

Economy Matt Acuña Buxton -
If rumors that Trump is soon planning a mass layoff of federal employees are true, Alaska could be in for a rude awakening.
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Musk attacks federal agency that funds pro-democracy group led by Sen. Dan Sullivan

Federal Government Dermot Cole -
Elon Musk claims he has shut down a U.S. agency that bankrolls the International Republican Institute, a organization headed by Sen. Dan Sullivan.
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Yukon government warns that Trump tariffs will make Alaska life more expensive

Economy James Brooks, Alaska Beacon -
China, Alaska’s biggest international trading partner, is also targeted by tariffs that are likely to trigger a trade war.
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Uncertainty and confusion in Alaska as Trump attempts to freeze federal spending

Federal Government James Brooks, Alaska Beacon -
A presidential action with few details left nonprofits, state officials and school administrators scrambling.
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Murkowski calls Greenland an ‘ally, not an asset’ as Trump fixation deepens

Environment Matt Acuña Buxton -
Over the weekend, President Donald Trump renewed his brazen call for the United States to buy or seize Greenland for its critical natural resources.
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Legislature set to hear resolutions opposing Trump’s Denali name change

Federal Government Matt Acuña Buxton -
A pair of resolutions registering the Alaska Legislature’s opposition to President Donald Trump’s executive order renaming Denali is set to be heard on Monday.
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Murkowski will vote against Pete Hegseth’s nomination for Secretary of Defense

Federal Government Matt Acuña Buxton -
Alaska's U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski will vote against Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump's pick to lead the country's armed forces. The moderate Republican made the comments in a lengthy statement Thursday morning, outlining her opposition to Hegseth's confirmation as Secretary...
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Sullivan in hiding on Trump’s blanket pardon of Jan. 6 criminals

Federal Government Dermot Cole -
Sen. Murkowski: “I do fear the message that is sent to these great men and women that stood by us.”
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